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4 Styx Songs That Still Sound Just as Amazing Decades Later - American Songwriter The Mystery of Online Prices: How Personal Data and Privacy Change What You Pay for Groceries - Mozilla Foundation Is it true you'll get cheaper groceries or flights ordering them on a public library computer? Social media sleuths suggest that using the library is the key to nabbing good deals in our current era of surveillance pricing. Read our reported feature on how companies use your personal data to price things online. Some shoppers go as far as poisoning personal data for deals. Regulations around such practices are emerging but still slim: Maryland and Connecticut have banned such practices, while New York and California are waiting for legislation to kick in. ...

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A wide web of words | Waterloo News | University of Waterloo 35 Totally Relatable Hilarious Funny Work Memes - Funny These 20 totally relatable and hilarious funny work memes provide a much-needed break from the stresses of the office, allowing us to find humor in the everyday challenges we face. The end of the department era at the University of Waterloo University leaders say the sweeping reorganization will encourage collaboration, create new academic opportunities and better prepare students for a rapidly changing world. I found a double-sided DVD so rare only collectors know about it For a brief period of time, optical discs were being produced with readable data on both sides - here's why they never g...

Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #6 Issue 36 This week’s Sunday funny comes to us from cartoonist Asher Perlman. Flood potential in southern Ontario with multi-day thunderstorm risk - The Weather Network Multiple days of storm risk across southern Ontario begins Sunday and will continue through Tuesday. The biggest hazard will be the risk of localized flooding from heavy downpours 'It's The Last Words I Heard Him Say': Ringo Starr's Final Moment With George Harrison Scientists Discover Massive Alien "Exosatellite" Scientists have discovered a puzzling object they're calling an "exosatellite" in a distant star system that defies classification. ...

60 Funny Comics That Make You Laugh At The Things You Usually Complain About | Bored Panda Alvin Juano, the creator of The Square Comics, turns the everyday struggles of adult life into something surprisingly funny. Through his simple characters, square-shaped people, and talking animals, the Indonesian artist explores everything from work stress and anxiety to relationships, money problems, and the little frustrations we all experience. Comics, Funny 9 unspoken Ontario truths that everyone who lives in the province just accepts - Narcity If you've been here long enough, none of these will surprise you Conrad Black: Canada must not accept disrespect from the Americans In Canada, a cyclist asks how hot is too hot to rid...